The Money Couple Blog

We love having the opportunity to share our relationship-saving message with people from all over the globe. It’s such a treat to talk to so many people whose relationships have been saved or improved, and always fun to hear the wide variety of individual money stories.Just last week a woman came running up to us, breathless with excitement about the “revelation” she had about her sister.

The other day we were talking to a young lady and she was telling us about her Saver Money Personality – she gets a darn right thrill out of the coupon section in the Sunday paper! Our comment to her was, “we bet your fiancé is the exact opposite.”  She said… “YOU’RE RIGHT, HOW DID YOU KNOW?”  We both smiled.

When we talk with people about their Money Personalities, someone always asks us how they happened to get them. Are they born with them? Is it how they were raised? The answer is yes and not really.

We see example after example that verifies your two Money Personalities are part of your DNA in other words, God hardwired them in to you.

Coming home from vacation is so hard! While you’re swinging in a hammock in paradise you forget your long list of things-to-do, your bills, your diet and your boss. Coming home is a startling return to reality.

Josh’s return home was especially startling.

Home from Maui with his new bride, he went to their bulging mailbox to retrieve the mail. He wondered how two people could get this much mail in just one week?
At least the wedding and honeymoon bills hadn’t arrived yet. He hated to think of the bills

We received an email from a woman; we’ll call Kelly, who was on a collision course.  She had a habit that was driving her crazy!

A successful, ambitious woman, Kelly was making herself nuts by shopping and buying what she wanted on the weekend, and then returning virtually everything she bought that next week.

How thrilled would you be if someone handed you a check for $2500—for something you would be honored to do for free?

This happened to a friend of ours recently. He’s a college professor and was asked to share his insight as a keynote speaker on a topic he loves. The university called him on his way home to tell him he’d been selected from a pool of candidates to speak at this well-attended, scholarly event. Cal was so thrilled he immediately started making plans in his head, and almost didn’t hear them add “and you’ll receive an honorarium of $2500.”  

Natalie Tysdal and Chris Parente appear to know everything about everyone … every day! As Emmy winners and co-hosts of Denver’s FOX31 Everyday show, you would guess they have heard it all. But, we might have found the one exception.

Chris and Natalie did not know their Money Personalities™ … yet. So they went to our website and took the Money Personality Quiz™ and learned something new. They are Saver/Spenders—both of them! (Must be another reason why they get along so well!) This means their Primary Money Personality™ is Saver and their Secondary is Spender.